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Lord-Governor Kang ([personal profile] governorkang) wrote in [community profile] trans_92010-03-16 03:14 am

CEEEEEELEBRATE GOOD TIMES~

Several buildings in the City had been completely destroyed during Aang's rampage, but a few had survived relatively unscathed. It had only taken Kang two days to repair the Drunken Dragon; he'd done so by himself, not even waiting for his leg to heal up a bit first.

Usually, he didn't bother lighting any candles or using the fireplace in the tavern unless it was a period when the artificial sun had set. He could see perfectly fine in the dim light. For the celebration, though, he'd thrown the windows open wide, scrounged up every candle he could find, and started up a fire, knowing that human vision wasn't as good as his own. The tables surrounding the stage had been cleaned, as well as the tankards, and the door was propped open. The bozak had even wrestled two of the 60-gallon barrels from the back room into a corner of the main room for easier access, one of cactus juice and one of ale. If more was needed, he was sure he could get someone to help bring out another.

Tess had commandeered the kitchen to make her food, bringing in her own equipment. Kang had been slightly afraid at first that she was going to burn the place down, but nothing had happened yet. She seemed to know what she was doing, even if she'd given him a few scares.

The sunlight glistened on the old sword blade teeth and dinnerplate eyes of the comical-looking wooden dragon grinning above the entrance. Come in, relax, have a drink and a bite to eat!

[OOC note: Both drinks are alcoholic, and the cactus juice has twice the kick of the ale. :D;]

[identity profile] mynameisax.livejournal.com 2010-03-17 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm aware of that much," Ax says. "Chuh. Much. I was referring to the drinks. I believe that I am still underage by human standards, especially so in this morph." He cranes his neck to peer through the crowd. "And he does not appear to be hand-feeding anyone."
livestoannoy: (Heh)

[personal profile] livestoannoy 2010-03-17 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
"The legal drinking age is different depending on which country you're in," Marco said promptly. "And currently we're not in any of those countries. Besides, it's not illegal to drink it if you're underage. It's illegal to buy it." At this point it occurred to Marco that he had possibly ended up trying to convince Ax to take a drink somehow. Which was, in so many ways, not a good idea. He hastily added: "Not that you need to drink. In fact, you could drink nothing. At all. Ever."

At Ax's next comment, Marco rolls eyes eyes. "Ax, you don't take food from Kang directly. He puts it on a table. We go to the table. And then we eat it. See?" Marco nodded to one of the tables, which did indeed have rows and rows of drinks on it. Marco cocked his head. "Huh. Guess the food's not ready."

[identity profile] mynameisax.livejournal.com 2010-03-17 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
"I see," Ax said, peering at the many drinks lined up on the table. "Do the rules about making sure no one slips anything into the drinks still apply here if the age laws do not? Ae-juh. Juh."

Between insomnia and television PSA's, Ax has picked up a thing or two about safe partying. From personal experience with the Animorphs, he's mostly learned that it always ends badly -- if it's not a Tria gland infection, it's a morph-hunting dust cloud from Saturn.

He picks up one of the drinks and sniffs it experimentally. "This smells like mouthwash."
livestoannoy: (Snigger)

[personal profile] livestoannoy 2010-03-17 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
"That's called being a dickhead, Ax. And I get the feeling Kang would turn anyone who tried that at his place into mush."

Marco picked up a drink of his own, and took a small sip. He raised an eyebrow and looked down at it. "Wow, Kang wasn't kidding about the ale. This is old school, man. And you can't complain about the smell Ax, you've eaten mouthwash."

Marco turned to looked around at the other people. He spotted a few familiar faces, and many that weren't.

[identity profile] mynameisax.livejournal.com 2010-03-17 07:25 am (UTC)(link)
"I wasn't complaining, merely making an observation. Shun," Ax said. Although mouthwash wasn't as tasty as vinegar. He took an experimental slurp while Marco's back was turned and considered for a moment, swishing the liquid around in his mouth before swallowing.

Hmm, similar sensation to that of the mouthwash he'd sampled, but with a different sort of taste. Neither were particularly unpleasant. He took a bigger swallow and began to move toward the nearest wall. There was interesting decor to inspect, and he'd feel better knowing that no one could sneak up on him without coming through the wall.
livestoannoy: (...Oh crap)

[personal profile] livestoannoy 2010-03-17 07:33 am (UTC)(link)
Marco turned back to make a sarcastic comment to Ax...

...wait. Where was Ax? Marco looked around wildly, trying to spot him. All he could see was the crowd. Ax's human morph was nowhere to be seen.

"Crap," he hissed under his breath. A party with a large amount of free alcohol was not the place Marco wanted to lose Ax. And there wasn't even any food out yet, so he couldn't just head for the food table and wait for Ax to inevitably show up there.

With a distinctly unhappy expression on his face, Marco started searching.

[identity profile] mynameisax.livejournal.com 2010-03-17 07:48 am (UTC)(link)
Ax wasn't consuming his beverage any faster than most of the other people in the room. But the room was very crowded, and Ax wasn't staying still. But neither was the room at this point, so it was only fair.

He finally does stop moving, if only because he has obtained a second drink and he would be very sad to spill it on himself. He sits down and scoots under the table, so as not to get stepped on by anyone passing by, and proceeds to attempt to catalog the sensations. He's contemplating whether or not his insides have actually become as fuzzy as they feel when he spies a pair of familiar legs. He sticks a foot out to get the attention of the legs' owner and invite him to join him under the table.
livestoannoy: (This is my angry face)

[personal profile] livestoannoy 2010-03-17 07:56 am (UTC)(link)
Marco was making his third round around the tavern in search of Ax, when suddenly he was a foot in front oh his (where the hell did that come from?!) and he was tumbling down to the ground.

"You #&%*ing stupid #^$%*@#$&$^@# I am going to...Ax?" Marco blinked when he finally turned to face the idiot who had tripped him, and found Ax.

"What the hell are you doing!" he yelled. Scrambling to his feel, Marco moved to yank Ax up. "And please tell me that is still your first drink..."

[identity profile] mynameisax.livejournal.com 2010-03-17 08:06 am (UTC)(link)
"Pardon your French," Ax sniffed. He remembered that phrase. "Puh-puh paaaaaaarduh. Nn. Nnn. No, it is not my fuh-first. Tuh. It is my second." It was also about a third of the way gone. "I have not been drinking it all at once. Sssssssuh."

He remained stubbornly on the floor. The room was moving around entirely too much to stand. Marco could haul on his arm all he wanted, Ax was staying right where he was.
livestoannoy: (Are you insane?!)

[personal profile] livestoannoy 2010-03-17 08:14 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, well if you didn't go around tripping people I wouldn't need any French," Marco said crossly. "And...dude, put the drink down! I told you to take small doses, two drinks in half an hour is not a small dose..."

Marco yanked on Ax again, trying to pull Ax to his feet. "Come on man, get up."
onceadragon: (for srs?)

[personal profile] onceadragon 2010-03-17 08:31 am (UTC)(link)
Already on her way to being half tipsy, Claudia looked over her shoulder making sure she knew exactly where Spock was before she went off searching for Marco. "By the tables, by the tables," she muttered to herself trying to ignore the various people she was passing.

It didn' work though and it took a lot longer than normal to get to where she was suppose to be. Fiiiiiiiiinally she found Marco trying to help some other dude to his feet. "Heeeeeeeeeeey... Uh, what happened here?"

[identity profile] mynameisax.livejournal.com 2010-03-17 08:43 am (UTC)(link)
"It was the most eff-effuh-efficientuh way to get your attention," Ax countered. "And I have not been drinking any faster than anyone else. I've been watching them. Tching. Ing! Iiiiiinguh." He set down his drink though, if only so he could tug his arm back from Marco. "I do not want to get up. The floor is moving!" Tug, tug. Ax's face scrunches up in thought. "There's a phrase applicable here. Ah, yes." He clears his throat. "Screw you and your moving floor! Humans!" He beamed. "You have so many useful phrases."
livestoannoy: (Sitting around)

[personal profile] livestoannoy 2010-03-17 08:53 am (UTC)(link)
Marco rolled his eyes. "No, yelling, "Marco, I'm under the goddamn table," would be much more efficient."

...And of course this is when Claudia had to show up. "This is the friend i was talking about. The one who drank too much." Marco glared at Ax. And then grabbed at Ax's arm again when Ax yanked it out of Marco's hands, and tried to pull him up again.

"The floor is not moving. You are drunk. And if you stay under the table I am going to start kicking you."
onceadragon: (hands on hips)

[personal profile] onceadragon 2010-03-17 08:57 am (UTC)(link)
Claudia stared down at the drunk guy and arched an eyebrow. Man, if the ale did that to people, she was soooooooooo not going to drink anymore. Maybe. She leaned in a little closer and her eyes widened. Suddenly she punched Marco in the arm. "Dude! What is he like fifteen? And you're letting him drink?!"

She turned to Marco's friend and offered him her hand. "Here, lemme help you up."

[identity profile] mynameisax.livejournal.com 2010-03-17 09:14 am (UTC)(link)
"My mouth was full. I swallowed it to talk to you," Ax pouted at him. "Swah, swuh. I won't do that again."

He pulled his arm out of Marco's grip again and scuttled back under the table. He popped up on the opposite side, gripping the table to keep himself upright. "You don't get to kick me, kuh-ick kuh. I had to crawl inside your nose!"

The room tilted. Ax clung stubbornly to the table to remain upright, and nodded at the human who had just arrived. "Thank you, but I am not fifteen. Eeen, eeeenuh. I am two, but closer to sixteen of your years."
livestoannoy: (...Dude)

[personal profile] livestoannoy 2010-03-17 09:18 am (UTC)(link)
Marco stood up, and glared at Ax from the other side of the table. "Ax, shut up!" he hissed. Oh, he was so going to get back at Ax for that nose comment.

Sighing, he turned to Claudia. "He's older than he looks, alright? And I told him to have small doses, which, by the way, does not mean 'drink whenever anyone else does', Ax-man."
onceadragon: (Omigawd)

[personal profile] onceadragon 2010-03-17 09:25 am (UTC)(link)
Claudia stood there frozen with her hand extended out, even though the dude had scurried under the table and out the other side. Weird speaking... Crawling inside Marco's nose?! The kid's name was AX? Noooooooo friggin way!!!!!!!!!!!!! ANIMORPHS? For real?!?!

She stood and straightened her shirt before flashing them both a bright smile. "Oh it's cool. I mean I guess we should be glad there's no food out yet.... Right, Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill?"
Edited 2010-03-17 09:26 (UTC)

[identity profile] mynameisax.livejournal.com 2010-03-17 09:35 am (UTC)(link)
Ax blinked at her a couple times, but only in mild confusion. He had been public about his identity since the crew had battled and defeated the Yeerks. The information was probably on the comms somewhere, he decided.

"Perhaps, hapuhsuh, closer to seventeen now," he muttered absently, then scowled in Marco's direction. "I no longer feel pleasantly warm."
livestoannoy: (Huh?)

[personal profile] livestoannoy 2010-03-17 09:39 am (UTC)(link)
Marco looked from Claudia to Ax and back, frowning slightly. "You know Ax?"

Geez. Seems like Claudia really did know everyone on the ship. Which was so not fair. Marco wanted to meet the most awesome people!
onceadragon: (poooooooout)

[personal profile] onceadragon 2010-03-17 09:46 am (UTC)(link)
"Nope, never met him before," Claudia said crossing her arms as she looked between the two a few times. Suddenly she reached out and smacked marco's arm. "DUDE! Why didn't you tell me you were an animorph?! I mean we're suppose to be friends and you can't even tell me that?!"

Her bottom lip jutted out. "See if I tell you anything awesome anymore!!!"

[identity profile] mynameisax.livejournal.com 2010-03-17 09:57 am (UTC)(link)
Ax frowned at Claudia now. He couldn't remember if he'd ever actually said the word "Animorph" while on board. He started trying to shake off the fuzzy feeling inside his head.

< Should I start demorphing? > he asked Marco in private thought-speak. Was this something he ought to be concerned about?
livestoannoy: (This is my angry face)

[personal profile] livestoannoy 2010-03-17 10:18 am (UTC)(link)
At the mention of the word "Animorph," Marco's head instantly snapped to Claudia, and he narrowed his eyes at her.

Marco had been careful to never mention anything about the Animorphs. He'd rather keep his abilities as an ace up his sleeve. So he knew he'd never said anything about Ax or their abilities to Claudia. And if Claudia had never met Ax before...

"Where did you hear that word?" Marco asked, his voice deceptively calm. "I've never said it. And I know Ax and Tobias wouldn't go around telling people about us."

He fixed Claudia with an intense stare. "Have you been spying on us, is that it?" he hissed. "Or did you get someone else to do it? Do you did around an gossip about what you find out?"

His eyes flicked to Ax for an instant, and he nodded - just slightly, not enough to be obvious to Claudia, but enough that Ax would be able to see it.
onceadragon: (huh?)

[personal profile] onceadragon 2010-03-17 03:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"Wait what?!" Claudia blurted out, her eyes widening in complete surprise at Marco's narrowed eyes and who... His crazy accussations. "Look dude, I," she jerked her thumb at herself, "don't spy on people! What kinda crazy nutjob do you think I am?!"

Suddenly it dawned on her what he'd said before and she couldn't help the flicker of excitement that crossed her expression. "Dude, Tobia is here too? What about the others?" Ugh! She groaned and reached up and smacked her forehead. When would she learn to shut up?!

"Look dude, I'm not friggin spying on you, OK? 'Cause for one, I have waaaaaaaaaaaaay better things to be doin' with my time. But anyway, you wouldn't believe me if I told you."
Edited 2010-03-17 15:18 (UTC)

[identity profile] mynameisax.livejournal.com 2010-03-18 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Ax had slipped back under the table and begun to demorph. As he did, the pleasant, fuzzy feeling began to slip away, to be replaced by...utter mortification. He he really just said "screw you and your moving floors"?

He was so glad Elfangor wasn't here...
livestoannoy: (...Dude)

[personal profile] livestoannoy 2010-03-19 08:15 am (UTC)(link)
Marco left Ax to his own devices - he knew he could rely on Ac to back him up, whatever happened.

He liked Claudia, yes. She was cute and funny and smart and arguing about how had met the coolest people on the ship with her was fun. But Marco has spent three years of his life fighting the Yeerk War. And he had never really managed to unlearn the mentality that anyone could be an enemy. He probably never would.

So right now? He was definitely regarding Claudia as a possible enemy to him, Ax and Tobias. Maybe even Elfnagor and Loren too, although the other Animorphs were definitely Marco's priority. If she knew information about him that he hadn't revealed then she had a source that was out of Marco's control, and that she potential had information about him and the other Animorphs that could be used against them.

But she was supposed to be a friend. Maybe not someone he could trust yet, but at least someone who wouldn't stab him in the back anytime soon. To say that Marco was not happy about this would be a massive understatement. And he definitely wanted an explanation.

"If you weren't spying, then how the hell do you know about us?" he said cooly. "We don't go around telling people we're Animorphs."

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